5/6/2004
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Our Usual Response
•Abstract Commonality into Infrastructure
•A Phase in a Cycle
–Co-existent –> Interoperable –> Integrated -> Convergent
•Commonly (Domain-capable)
–Network, Platform, Presentation
•Emerging (Cross-domain)
–Enterprise Data
–Middleware Services and Methods
–Diagnostics
Co-Existant – don’t kill each other
Interoperable – exchange data
Integrated – work together, call each other’s methods, often single interface
Convergent – built from the same tools, utilizing a single infrastructure